Miami Lakes children, as well as students from area schools, are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Main Street Banner Art Contest where up to 26 winners’ artwork will be showcased down Main Street on the light pole banners. This year's theme is: “My Home, My Community.” Artworks can show, but are not limited to, any of the following attributes that connect with Miami Lakes: Culture + Heritage, Parks + Nature,...

  Miami Lakes Town Council candidate Xiomara Pazos said she’s not a lawyer, politician or lobbyist who are mostly beholden to special interest people that she believes led to the corruption charges of the former mayor. Her opponent, incumbent Councilmember Ceasar Mestre, who’s an attorney, said he’s proud of his career and alluded to Miami Lakes’ accomplishments since he was first elected in 2010 as to why he is...

  Miami Lakes Town Council candidate Xiomara Pazos said she’s not a lawyer, politician or lobbyist who are mostly beholden to special interest people that she believes led to the corruption charges of the former mayor. Her opponent, incumbent Councilmember Ceasar Mestre, who’s an attorney, said he’s proud of his career and alluded to Miami Lakes’ accomplishments since he was first elected in 2010 as to why he is...

  In his 10 plus years working for the Miami Lakes Parks and Leisure Services Department, seven of them as the director, Tony Lopez put the town on the map. Under his leadership, Miami Lakes was nationally recognized for its unparalleled park system that comprised more than 100 pocket parks and green spaces, two 20-plus acre active/athletic parks, 70 miles of right-of-ways and medians, urban tree canopy of 17,000 trees and three...

  Miami Lakes United Methodist Church’s 17th annual Pumpkin Patch is now with open with nearly 4,000 pumpkins available for purchase and another  truckload arriving on October 22. The patch is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Pumpkins of all sizes are available along with decorative gourds of all shapes and related retail items. Following is the list of events and special activities during October at the Pumpkin Patch:...